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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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The Royal
Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire
Regiment)
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crest and tie
by A. Melville-Brown |
United
Kingdom
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| 1959.01.20 | The Royal Highland
Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) formed by amalgamation of The Royal Scots Fusiliers, and The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) |
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| 2006.03.28 | united with The Royal Scots, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, The Black Watch, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), and The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, to form The Royal Regiment of Scotland | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Army site) | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Regimental site) | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers, by Glenvil Roberts. | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers, by Diana M. Henderson (Scots at War) | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Edinburgh Tattoo) | |
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History of the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1959-present (Regimental site) | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers, by Dave Depickere (World War II Analyzed) | |
| RHQ and Depot: | ||
| RHQ: Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow | ||
| Lowland Brigade at Milton Bridge [1959-1968] | ||
| Scottish Division at Edinburgh [1968-2006] | ||
| Regulars: | ||
| 1st Battalion [1959-2006] | ||
| Territorial and Volunteers: | ||
| 4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers [1959-1967] | ||
| 5th/6th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry [1959-1967] | ||
| The Glasgow Highlanders Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry [1959-1967] | ||
| 3rd Battalion [1967-1971, 1995-1999] | ||
| 52nd Lowland Volunteers [1967-1999] | ||
| 52nd Lowland Regiment [1999-2006] | ||
| [combined battle honours of The Royal Scots Fusiliers, and The Highland Light Infantry, plus:] | |
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| Uniform: | 1959-2006:
blue doublet; facings: blue headdress: tartan: Mackenzie HLI (trews), Red Erskine (pipers' & drummers' kilts & plaids, pipe bags, ribbons & cords) |
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| 1959.01.20 | HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, CI, GCVO | |
| 2003.07.01 | HRH Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, KCVO, ADC | |
| 1959.01.20 | Maj-Gen. Ronald Albert Bramwell Davis, CB, DSO [from HLI] | |
| 1959.01.20 | Brig. Archibald Ian Buchanan Dunlop, CBE, DSO (Associate Colonel) [from RSF] | |
| 1964.01.01 | Maj-Gen. Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask, DSO, OBE | |
| 1969.01.01 | Maj-Gen. Charles Whish Dunbar, CBE | |
| 1979.01.01 | Maj-Gen. Robert Leslie Stuart Green | |
| 1991.10.19 | Brig. Iain Stuart Reid, OBE | |
| 1997.12.01 | Maj-Gen. Angus Iain Ramsay, CBE, DSO | |
| 2003.09.20 | Maj-Gen. William Euan Buchanan Loudon, CBE [also Col. Cmdt. Scottish Div.; continued 2006 as Col. Cmdt. R Regt of Scotland] | |
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| Motto: | Nemo nos impune lacessit | ||
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| Miscellaneous Tradition Links: | |||
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The Scots Fusiliers of Canada | 1959-1965 | |
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The Highland Light Infantry of Canada | 1959-1965 | |
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The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada | 1965-2006 | |
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1st Bn, The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment | 1973-2006 | |
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11th Battalion, The Baluch Regiment | 196u-2006 | |
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Prince Alfred's Guard | 1959-1964,
1995?-2006 |
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[no external sites have been found] | |
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Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow (Army Museums Ogilby Trust) | |
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Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow (Simonides listing) | |
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Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow (Regimental site) | |
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Museum of The Royal Highland Fusiliers, Glasgow (Scottish Military Historical Society listing) | |
| Regimental Journal: | ||
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The journal of the Royal Highland Fusiliers. {excerpts} | |
| Full Histories: | ||
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A Soldiers History, The Story of the Royal Highland Fusiliers (published by the Regimental Museum). | |
